Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-24
PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN.
Bits of Gossip Concerning Men ant
Women of More or Less Note,

Bits of Gossip Concerning Men ana
Women of More or Less Note.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says that he was
once offered pay for poem in praise Of a
certain stove polish, but declined.
The wife of Senator Jones, of Nevada, is
the principal mover in the establishment OF
home at the capital for abandoned babes and
children.
The Princess of Wales is passionately fond
of the odor of cherry blossom, and London
society ladies now carry tiny walls of the per
fume about their person.
Ex-Governor Curtin was recently called
upon by soldiers widow, for whom he had
secured a pension, and given half dozen
kisses in public for the assistance lie had
rendered.
"Plon Plon's' second son, Prince Louis Ma.
poleon, who wants To go with the Italian
army and fight Arabs at Massowah, has en-
tirely renowned his French citizenship in
favor of Italy
The late Mr.. w. H. Vanderbilt promised TO
pension his coachman if the latter would for
swear drink. The man kept sober for some
months, but Mr.. Vanderbilt was finally com
PEELED to discharge him.
LII puiihNi tilc iNuhclhL OF
Africa, plays the ACCORDION. This hcmbio
fact considerably modifes the bubblng Joy
over his escape from the barbarians OF the
dark continent.
+. p. Roe, the essayist and novelist, is
working hard in Santa Barbara, Cal. He
denies himself to all callers during the day
and remains at his writing desk from o'clock
a. IN TO in the afternoon.
the power which the French law gives to q
husband over his wife, when there are no
ante-nuptial limitations, can almost be COM
pared TO the power of the stakeholder over
his slave.
Private advices from London state that
Martin f. Upper is almost entirely broken
down in health. He can neither read, write
nor speak intelligibly, though his mind is
clear He will be II next July.
Sir Fitzjames Stephen has abandoned his
intention of writing monogram on Carlyle.
His relations with Carlyle were so intimate
that his book was expected to prove an i'm
portant addition TO biographical literature
Old friends Of Gen. Simon Cameron, who
have seen him since his return from Bermuda
to Donegal, are quoted as saying that he has
greatly changed for the worse, and that his
health is really precarious.
Sarah Bernhardt is generous liver She
has coffee and rolls before rising, and at II
eats a hearty breakfast with claret She
dimes well at and has a supper after theatre
hours, usually nothing moro than bouillon,
cold meats and fruit and sometimes terrapin.
Miss Kate Field does not believe in Lady
Haberton's reform dress. She sent over to
London for one cfthe divided skirts" put il
on, and went oSt for walk 1t began 10
rain. She tried 10 hold the garment up out
of tho mud. but couldn't. IL was worse than
the ordinary dress. When she got home IL
was terribly bedraggled, and she sold il next
day to a second hand dealer
Patti was in st. Paul the other day and
gave q concert. After she had sung "Home,
Sweet Home" prominent citizen in a prom
inent seat arose and went out He did not go
TO get Glove. He went because, as lie said
lie never expected TO hear Patti again, and
"he always wanted TO remember her with the
melody Of that song ringing in his SOUL
Richard Penistan was an oc.or in his
younger days, but finally retired from the
stage after winning a first prize in the Ha,
vana lottery which netted him $3.50, 900. Ho
then purchased a stock farm in Kentucky,
purchased the stallion Fellowcraft, and
started 10 rs1se horses. His hospitality and
generosity exceeded his ability to sustain
them, and he finally wandered back to Phila-
delphia and has since been living in poverty.
He is now "a inmate Of the Forrest Home.
Two years ago . brighs-faced lad Of
Is was hired by stock broker, with
offices about 100 yards from the OK
change. TO chalk on the blackboard now
used in many Offices the prices of stocks
as they appeared on the tape. The lad
then wore ill-iitting clothes, but his in
genuous ways attracted the attention Of
the broker customers and he soon be-
came fayorite. Yesterday the lad,
now Is, wearing an expensive suit and
neat but costly jewclry, told how he
had lost $3.50 at poker few nights ago,
and won that amount and more at the
next sitting. He incidentally remarked
that the stock market was against BIN
81 300, but that he was 81, 100 ahead Oh
cotton. lie still chalks the ticker prices
on the blackboard, and in all probabil-
ity aonia future SIN reporter will speak
of his success IN Wall street rs a broker
or record his utter destruction, for the
lad is of the sort TO come ont big win
pgr or ret battered 10 flinders.